| White-crested Tiger Heron | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Pelecaniformes |
| Family: | Ardeidae |
| Genus: | Tigriornis Sharpe, 1895 |
| Species: | T. leucolopha |
| Binomial name | |
| Tigriornis leucolopha (Jardine, 1846) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tigriornis leucolophus (Jardine, 1846) [orthographic error] |
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The White-crested Tiger Heron (Tigriornis leucolopha), also known as the White-crested Bittern, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus Tigriornis. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.